i came to bayview hunter's point, where there was only one pediatrician to serve more than 10,000 children. daniel lurie said, i'm going to help. we opened a clinic for our most vulnerable children. i have worked shoulder to shoulder with him as we have brought solutions where people thought the problem was unsolvable. daniel doesn't take excuses. he holds himself accountable. and i know that he can do it for the city of san francisco. >> norah: breaking news. the president's son pleads guilty to charges of tax evasion and falsifying tax returns. the surprise twist as the trial

was set to get underway. >> i think hunter biden's legal team reached the maybe noncontroversial conclusion that there is no way he was going to win this case. >> norah: could hunter biden face time in prison? and what about a pardon from his father? the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. and we are going to begin tonight with that breaking news, after the president's only surviving son today pleaded guilty to nine charges of tax evasion and falsifying tax returns. and tonight, we are hearing from hunter biden about why the sudden change in his legal strategy, as this move will avoid a lengthy and embarrassing trial for the biden family. what we do know is this, that this development was not part of a plea deal, and it does set up the possibility that the president's son could spend decades behind bars and raises new questions about the chance of a pardon from president biden.

cbs's scott macfarlane reports the surprising move came as jury selection was getting underway. >> reporter: hunter biden, who was convicted by a jury in delaware in june of unlawfully possessing a gun, is trying to avoid a second criminal trial this year. he is charged in california with allegedly scheming to avoid paying at least $1.4 million in income taxes. but in a surprise move ahead of jury selection today, biden's attorneys acknowledged the evidence is overwhelming and offered for biden to plead guilty. >> hunter decided to enter his plea to protect those he loves from unnecessary hurt and cruel humiliation. hunter put his family first today. >> reporter: an unorthodox, unexpected move in the federal court system where guilty pleas typically come with plenty of warning and only after negotiations and agreement with the prosecutors. >> among the many things that were unusual today is the fact that it appears that what hunter biden is offering is to

plead guilty to all the charges, but in exchange for nothing. >> reporter: at first, prosecutors protested because in biden's initial offer today his attorneys said he'd plead guilty but wouldn't accept full responsibility for the crime. biden already faces prison time for the gun conviction earlier this year when he's sentenced in mid-november, and now faces the prospect of additional time behind bars, even with a finalized guilty plea in the tax case. earlier this summer, the president said this about the idea of a pardon. >> i abide by the jury decision and i will do that and i will not pardon him. >> reporter: in a statement he just issued, hunter biden said he was concerned a trial would cause anguish and that he didn't want to put his family through that. norah? >> norah: you know, the president made those comments about a pardon before he dropped out of the race, so it's still a possibility, right? >> reporter: the white house press secretary was asked about the prospects of a pardon now. she says he is still a "no." >> norah: scott macfarlane, thank you very much. turning now to that horrific school shooting in georgia that

left two teachers and two students dead. cbs news tonight has new information about the alleged teenage shooter, the gun he used, and prior warning signs, including his interests in school shootings. cbs's mark strassmann is an winder, georgia, just outside of atlanta. mark, i understand you've got some new reporting about how the suspect got the gun. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, norah, multiple sources tell cbs news that investigators are now looking into the weapon used in this attack and whether it was given to the teenage suspect by his father as a gift last year. in equal parts grief and shock, winder is grappling with wednesday's horror at apalachee high school. we are getting our first look at suspect colt gray, his mug shot. he had local law enforcement worried as early as last year. >> this is sad that we had that kind of evil in our society. >> reporter: janis mangum is the sheriff in neighboring jackson county.

her deputies first questioned the gray family in 2023. the issue, the fbi had received anonymous tips about online school shooting threats posted on an app called discord. its username referred to the 2012 sandy hook gunman. in an incident report obtained by cbs news, a deputy reported the teen assured me he'd never made any threats to shoot at the school. investigator miller: i'm not saying you are lying, but it's -- the teen responded, it's a serious thing. his father, colin gray, told deputies the family own hunting rifles. he added his son is allowed to use them when supervised but does not have unfettered access to them. but without more to go on, the case was closed. was this a missed opportunity? >> i don't think it was a missed opportunity, no. i think he did all he could with what he had at the time. >> reporter: this is cell phone video of a school hallway right after the shooting. what appears to be an ar-style rifle lies on the floor. today, at an event in wisconsin, president biden talked about the

deadliest school shooting in georgia history. >> we are grateful for school personnel and first responders who proved and prevented more people from being killed or injured and brought the suspect into custody. but as a nation, we cannot continue to accept the carnage of gun violence. >> reporter: the teenage suspect makes his first court appearance in the morning. what worries law enforcement in this moment are copycat shooters, and just since the shooting here yesterday, metro-atlanta sheriff offices have arrested at least two teenagers for making school threats. norah? >> norah: that is alarming. mark strassmann, thank you very much. we do want to take a moment tonight to focus on the victims of the shooting, to find out who they were and to tell their story. cbs's jericka duncan takes a look. >> reporter: christian angulo and mason schermerhorn were 14 years old. both freshman at apalachee high school.

ester matias is also 14 and a classmate of christian's. >> he was a very sweet kid. he did not deserve this. neither did the coach or... everyone else. and, yeah, you know, it was very unfortunate. >> reporter: christian was the youngest of four. ximena verdin is a family friend. >> i was close to him because he is my best friend's little brother. something really unexpected. you don't expect it to happen to you until it does. >> reporter: mason was known for having a big smile. a family friend called him the sweetest, most loving soul. ronald clark is a chaplain who knows mason's mother. he says he went inside the school yesterday to help investigators find him. >> you know, the willing that she thought she was coming to pick up her son to go home, that part just was devastating. >> reporter: 53-year-old algebra teacher christina irimie, a remaining romanian immigrant, jumped in front of a student to protect them from the shooter, according

to an eyewitness. father nicolae clempus says he knew irimie for more than 20 years. >> i would not be surprised that she would do such a thing because she was dedicated to her students, to the children. >> reporter: richard aspinwall, who went by ricky, was 39. he was a defensive coordinator for the school's football team. sophomore isaiah hooks is a player who describes his coach as a kind man whose standards he hopes to live up to. >> he would always push us to be who we are and just like always made sure that we were doing the right thing. >> reporter: isaiah says he had just seen his coach that morning at football practice. >> i wish it was all just a dream. i mean, me and my team, me and my friends, we could all just wake up and it is still wednesday morning. and nothing, none of this had ever really happened. >> reporter: family and friends of the victims that i spoke to today all expressed how thankful they were for the love and support expressed by this

community. norah, tonight we are learning that seven of the people who were hospitalized as a result of this shooting have been released. one person remains in stable condition. >> norah: jericka, thank you for telling their stories. voters could see new evidence in the federal election interference case against former president donald trump before the election. this comes after the judge sided with the prosecution today, saying trump's campaign is not relevant to the case. as for the trial itself, that won't take place until after election day. the former president's lawyers also pleaded not guilty on his behalf, as he was arraigned on revised charges in response to the supreme court's ruling on presidential immunity. now to "america decides," with the economy one of the top issues for voters in november, former president donald trump laid out a number of his economic proposals in new york today, and it included a task force to conduct a financial and performance audit of the school government led by tech billionaire elon musk. cbs's robert costa has the details.

>> it will be a national economic renaissance. >> reporter: former president donald trump today spelled out his vision for the economy and had sharp criticism of vice president harris. >> comrade kamala harris wants to sacrifice our wealth, kill the economy, and drive jobs overseas to punish businesses more. >> reporter: trump claims a second term agenda would include lowering the corporate tax rate, slashing regulations to boost energy production, and imposing tariffs and tax penalties on companies that don't produce in the u.s. vice president harris, by contrast, has said she would raise the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%. >> billionaires and big corporations must pay their fair share in taxes. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: trump today also embraced a government efficiency commission pushed by billionaire supporter elon musk, who has called for a complete audit of the federal government. >> elon, because he is not very

busy, has agreed to head that task force. be interesting. if he has the time. would be a good want to do it. but he has agreed to do it. >> reporter: harris made her way to pittsburgh today, where she will focus on debate prep ahead of tuesday's clash with trump in philadelphia. there will be no studio audience. candidates cannot question one another. and their microphones will be muted while the other is speaking. the former president lashed out at the host network and falsely claimed harris would get the questions in advance. >> abc is the worst network in terms of fairness. they are the most dishonest network. the meanest, the nastiest. but that was what i was presented with. >> reporter: sources close to harris tell me her debate prep is not just about policy and message, but about getting ready for the unexpected from trump. as for trump, his advisors tell me he isn't having a formal prep, but instead is bantering with allies about how to handle

harris and draw her out on issues like immigration. norah? >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much. and we will have complete coverage of the presidential debate on tuesday, starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on cbs, followed by live simulcast of the debate, and then cbs's expert analysis. we hope you will join us on tuesday. heavy rain and downpours are moving across the gulf coast, beginning and bringing with threats of flash flooding overnight from lake charles, louisiana, to new orleans. cbs's lonnie quinn joins us now with a forecast. good evening, lonnie. >> good evening norah. hello, everybody. there are two big whether stories right now. you just heard norah talking about the big rain that is out there, big heat. let's start with the rain. want to take us out to the gulf coast. i mean, new orleans has already, all week long, been getting piled on with the rain. they picked up over 7 inches already in their rain bucket, and by the time we get to tomorrow night, new orleans could pick up another 6 inches. that would give new orleans their year's worth of rain with another four months to go in this year. but the heat is the story out west.

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critical. >> well, that person needs to get to a trauma center as soon as possible and get intravenous fluids flowing. >> reporter: so you're airlifting these people out? >> yes. a lot of hoist rescues. a lot of heat-related injuries. >> reporter: this is the hottest summer on record for las vegas, and there have been more than 180 heat-related deaths in the area so far. and in the phoenix area, with three straight months of triple-digit temperatures, at least 177 heat-related deaths have been reported, with more than 430 still under investigation. experts say heat deaths are often undercounted. >> what we end up counting is really just the tip of the iceberg. heat exacerbates a whole host of underlying conditions, from diabetes to various forms of mental illness to pulmonary respiratory issues. we often don't record that as heat-related. >> reporter: back on the trail, leum says many new hikers inspired by images on social media even bring their pets along, but they are not prepared. >> they overestimate their

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a new name atop the hideous list. >> he was a very sweet kid. he did not deserve this. neither did the coach or... everyone else. >> reporter: winder, georgia, joins columbine, newtown, uvalde, and hundreds of others with traumatized children. >> you could hear gunshots like just ringing out through the school, and you are just wondering which one of those is going to be somebody that you are best friends with or somebody that you love? >> reporter: and parents who rushed to campus not knowing if they would hug their kids or bury them. >> i just dropped everything and sprinted to the car. i got a bullet hole from one side of his flatbed to the other. >> reporter: winder, georgia. >> the gunshots was so close to me like my ears started ringing real bad. >> reporter: a new name that is shorthand for senseless tragedy. because it's been such a steady drumbeat in the news cycle for so many years, it might be easy to lose sight of the dimensions of the school shooting epidemic. since columbine, a quarter

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